过去，世界其他地方的人踢足球即英式足球，美国人则打篮球和棒球。不过现在足球正在迅速成为美国的一项主要(体育)运动，理由正如此项运动一样简单——学校行政喜欢它，孩子们也喜欢它。对学校管理者来说，建立一支足球队伍花费甚少。对孩子们来说，踢足球不需要长很高大。他

While the rest of the world played soccer or the British football, Americans played basketball and baseball. But now soccer is rapidly becoming a major sport in the United States for reasons as simple as the game itself—school officials like it and kids like it. For the school authorities it’s much cheaper to set up a soccer team. And for the kids, they don’t need to be big or tall to play soccer. All they need is the desire to run.